The Sun. — London, England, 1864-07-19 00:00:00

MONEY HARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE o'CLocK. The probable large shipments of gold to the Con tinent is unfavourably influencing the condition of the discount market. Brokers, ever on the alert to take advantage of any opportunity presenting itself to keep up quotations, are now charging 51 per cent. for the best bills. Had it not been for this specie movement, the rates for accommodation would no doubt have descended nearly Q per cent, The Mexican dollars, by the last packet, have been sold at 5s 4d per ounce, for China. In the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets during the last few days there has been rather less animation. Sugars have barely sustained former prices, while tea, owing to the large quantity an nounced for public sale to-day, has been neglected. Rice, fruit, cocoa, and spices have been in very limited request, at about former rates ; while tallow has continued in moderate demand, at steady rates, for both present and future delivery. The directors of the Warrant Finance Company have made a call of £& per share, payable on the let September next. A new large banking establishment for the East has been announced under the title of the Anglo- Egyptian Bank, with a capital of £2,000,000 in shares of 1:50 each. The object is to purchase two private banking firms at Alexandria, and also to act in correspondence with the Agra and Mester man's and the General Credit and Finance Com pany of London. The two foreign houses have for years enjoyed the pecuniary and political advan. ►P. tage of being the agents for the Viceroy. The principal partners are to be retained as managers of the new concern, and coupled with their immense influence at the seat of operations, together with the large expansion of commerce in this direction, very sanguine hopes are entertained RS to the career of this new bank. The chief directors of the Agra and Masterman's Bank and of the General Credit and Finance Company are upon the directory of the bank. Messrs. Hill, Fawcett, and Hill, the brokers, have launched forth the project to the notice of the investing ()lasses, t ; and the shares have already attained a premium of 2i to 3. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris, this day, acco r di ng t o M r . R enter ' s 8 8 telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes were 66f. 27c. Heavy. The English Stock Alarket, compared with the decline of y per cent. which took place last evening sh, after business hours, shows no alteration of impor tanee. These occasional fluctuations are the come- SI quence of the small business now transacted, and the desire to avoid extensive speculation. Consols are 90i -a, and for the account 901 Z. The New I , Threes and Reduced Annuities are 89'4 Exche quer Bills, for June, 5s dis. to par; India 5 per ti Cents., 1041 i; and ditto 4 per Cents., 99k. There has been very little activity in the Foreign fg' Market, and prices have been rather flatter. Tarkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 70f ; do. Consolides, 50i st( 61i ; Mexican, ex all, 29 I ; do. New, 261, 27 ; Greek, 241 ; Spanish Passive, 28 , a- j ; do. Portz 1 1 - [Nese, 47i 48; Italian, 671 1; and the Confederate ti Loan, 75 76. In the Railway Share Market the operations have 1 1 been rather limited, and in some instances prices sty have slightly given way. Great Northern A Stock et a has receded £llos. ; London, Chatham, and Dover, £1 ; North Western, 10s. ; and Midland. 10s. Tho Foreign and Colonial lines have shown little 1 :' or no change of importance. to 11 Bank and Miscellaneoas Shires continue in mo- eta derate request without material change as rega r d s eta prices. Chamounix Hotel shares are quoted i i . t t prem. ; Ebbw Vale Company, i f prem. ; Maritime I t Credit li 2,1 prem.; Thames Plate Glass Company, a 1 1 - 2 1- prem.; and Anglo• Egyptian Bank, 21 31,- 1 P Sti et BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. GOVEILNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Do Account, Aug. 9 3 per Cent. Reduced New 3 per Cent New 2s per Cent. Jan. 1691 Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 . Aunuities, 30 yrs, expire bth Jan , 1860.. Do for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885... Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908... March. June. par Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 & 31 per Cent. Do £5OO Do £lOO and £2OO .... Bank England Stk, 51 per Ct. Do Account INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 214 Do Account Do 5 per Cent. July, 1370 .... Do Account Do 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888.... 99i Do Certificates Do Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK, Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Do 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent Do 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do 1863 -- Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent 1 >o Account Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.).. Chili= 6 per Cent Do 3 pei Cent. Colombian 6 per Cent Cuba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Do 5 per Cent. 1864 — Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Egyptian 7 per,,Cent Do, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1821-5, ex-Coupons — 1)o Account Do Coupons — Do Accouna...... .......... ~ — Guatemala 5 per Cent. Do 1839 and 1859 Italian 5 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) 71.: Mexican 3 per Cent Do Account Do 6 per Cent, 1864 Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — die Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Ditto Scrip, £23 paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Do Account Do 2 per Cent. Do Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) — Peruvian 41 per Cent — 1)o 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) — Do 41 per Cent., 1862 — Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do Account — Do 3 per Cent., 1866, '7, '9, '6O, 62,' 3 43 Do Account 47/ Do 1863 Scrip, £lO paid EarSiall. 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Do 41 per Cent., 1850 .. D o 3 per Cent 1859 • Do 5 per Cent, 1862 - Do Anglo-Dutch Do Scrip, £3O paid — pm Sardinian 5 per Cent — Do Account Spanish 3 per Cent Do Account Do New Deferred Do Account Do Passive Do Account 2B! Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded .. Do Account Swedish, 4 per Cent Do Scrip, £6O paid Put Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Do Account Doh per Cent. 1858 ..................... 70 ............. Aecount Do £lOO Bonds ........ Do 6 pe r Cent. 1862 ........ Do Account Du £lOO Bonds Do Do Guarante e d, 4 pe i r B C 6; e l n . t . .... Venezuela 3 per Cont. -1)0 Account 1)0 o 0 per Cent., 3.862 D Account Do crip £3O pa i d die SSI 1)0 11 per C ent ... . • . Dividends on tho above payable in London Austrian, 6 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins. Belgian 4 i Per Cent , E. 0 5f Do Account. ............... Dutch 2i per C ent . x. 12 Do 4 per C.-nt. Certificat es Frcnch Itentea, 2 poi. Cent .. ..Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs.. -- PeruvianDo Account ........... 67a Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 49. piedmontese, 5 per C ent., Ex. 25f ...... TWO O'CLOCK, Console Money ...................... Do A.ccount... • ......... 90..... 90a Liverpool Cotton Market —This Day. Market very BteadY. Sa!es Probably 10,000 hales, LSEARE 11.ALKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOLS. Share Railways. Paid. i closing Business 1 1 . .14. Bir., 'Col., and Str.Val. ;t Blythe and Tyne. LO Bost.,Sleat,andMid.tio 5t Bristol and Exeter ;t Caledonian i 0 Corh and Bandon 10 Cornwall $ ti 9 91 85 $7 124 121 6 7 .... _ . 10 D o A A Frets no die Do B 10 till4pe.pan.has been paid to B. 60 Dublin & Belfast June. 35 7.6 16 17 01 03 110 112 47} 485 Dun.,Per th,& Ab. Jane.' it Edinburgh & Glasgow. at Glasg. and S. Western. it Great Eastern, Ord. stk ;t Ditto A stock it Ditto East 9nglian st It (reatNorthof Scotland ;t Great Northern ...... • • It Do A stock t Do B do It Gt. S. and W. of Irelanc it Great Western ..• ••• • • it Do Str Vat ua. stood it Lanca.shin & Yorkshire it London and 13lackwall it Lon., Bright-,& S. Coast it Lon., Chat., and Dover it Lon. & North Western it Lou. & So'.th Western st Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 50 Maryport and Carlisle is Dot shares fit Metropolitan st Midland Do New st Do Birming. & Derby 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland 25 Do shares 7i 71 138 140 us 160 128 t3l go 91 7O 711 11:31 119 72 74 IC5i (004 45 47 1164 117 I'B B 9 65 6 113 114 1371 138 108 110 ;15 Ifid !feat .... ,0 Do Cray Line it North Britiph it Edin., Perth, & Dun,dee it Nth. Eaetern—Berwieis 1 5 Do, G.N.E. pure:lan 5t Do Leeds 3t Do York Bt Do !,1 North London 54 (5 25 '0 1C8) IC9, 614 . 65:1 974! fo Do New .114 North Stagbrdshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction st Scottleh Central st Scot. Di. E., Aber. stock st Do Scot. Mid. stock 10 Shrews. and Weichpool et Shropshire Union st South Devon st South Eastern st South Wales st S. York. and River Dun 20 stain es,Wok.,and Wok 25 Stockton & Darlington 25 Do 126 129 1 2 1 81 83 pi Ili 125 130 36 38 t 8 CO 35 17 VII 101 106 8 9 1 371 381 91 10 7 4 8 4 165 170 6 7 3 4 r :5 Do New, 1806 it Taff Vale.. ..... •• • LO Do 10 Do C Ulster Do .10 Do 1 Vale et Neath ;t Victoria sta. and Pim it lVaterford tit Kilkenny it West Cornwall it W. Hartlepool Har.4R 1 it West Midland --Oxford it Do Newport ) it Do lieretord 105 110 35 37 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways /tlantic & St Lawrence k I Bom.,lln.rodth6t.Cent Ind tau. 5 per cent... 20 Do. New . 20 Do, E. Shares......— 204 Buffalo and Laxe Huron 10 Do. Preference 00 Buftalo,Brant,&Godrich 5 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 187:: Do. do. July 1, 187:) Do. do. June 1, 1871 t Clcutta.o. - S.Eastn. (Lin, t Capc.To , .vn .t Dock Seri' ,ock Eastn. Bengal gu. S p. celi East Indian. gu. 5 p. e. N Do. do. U Ext..... W Do. do. H do. .. ock Grand Trunk of Canada 00 Do. Ist Prnl. Bonds.. 00 Do. do. deferred...... 00 Do. 2d. Pref. Bonds.. 00 Do. do. deferred...... 00 Do. 3d Pref. stock ... 00 Do. do. deferred...... 00 Do. 4th I'ref. stock... 00 Do. do. deferred...... ook GLlndiarenin.gua.sp.c 2 0 Do. New gua. sp. 0... Do. January, 1852 .. 00k Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 peicent. toe Gt. W. of Canada Shar es 10i Do. New .. ... 10 Do. 6 p.c. '73 witil't opt. 10 Do. 54 p. a. do. '77-8.... 10 Indian Branch Limited 10k Madras. guar., 5 p. 0. .. )(A Do. lip. o. Extension ek Dc. fi tO Do. Fifth Extension. ek Melb.Corp. 6 p. o. Buds. 10 Melb. & llobson's Bay. )0 Do. 7p. c. Bds. 10 Newßruvowick a Candy Class A. and B. lif.Rl.C'daii pc Ist, pi Ws oek &Inds :ock Do. Delhi... • • W Do. d 0...... • et Do. Punjaub ;•• ti l)o. Do. •• ti s 2 ook Do. In dos. St. Flo.) Paid. all 100 Closing Price. 59 61 101 i 104 par p D 6 8 9 77 82 77 81 77 82 98 ICO 08 100 104 106 1( , 2 4 i P3i, I p i 19 20 72 71 6t 61 66 68 55 57 48 5! 43 *5 29 31 28 39 103 104 103 IC2 91 10 102 10i% 89 91 82 81 d 100 k ip 1? 95 97 10 02 103 12/ 57 59 all 100 (100 1 100 1 2 1 all . 1100 3 5 82 81 1011 101 1001 1011 1 Pr p ivoi 94 96 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. k2a1.1.(3 or. 6 p.c.J a&J uly 1877,81 . 100 100 101 99 Do. 6p. c. Feb.A Aug. 100 162 104 Do. 6p. c.Mar.& Sept. 100 102 104 Do. Sp. c. Jan.&.July. 10C 88 60 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 88 10 Cape G.llopc, 6 p c,1877 100 104 106 Do.Ap &Oct. 1886 100 107 109 Do. 1890 100 !LEI 111 Do. Jan. & July, 1591.. 100 107 109 ,Ceylon, N0v.1878, 8p ( 100 111 113 Mauritius a per cent .. 100 115 107 Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 130 1f,6 ICB -- 'N.8.G0v.6 p.c..nt.&,July 100 90 101 Do. it p. e.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p a., 186 t 100 97 t 9 Du. sp. c.,lBtt to 17( 100 97 08 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 973 0 8 3 93 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. o. sterling, 1875. lOO 100 102 Queensland G ev. 6p. c. 100 103 10' a. Aus (16p.c.1873.& up.. 100 106 108 Via Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 - Do. lo 6 p.c. An.&Oot.. 100 110 111 1103 3 __— BRITISH MINES. 2 jambrian Consol. Gold 1 id ..Jliflord Amalgamated.. 33 34 Ueven G. Cone. (Tavist.; 1 575 685 East Bassett (Mogan).. 30 66 68 —•East Clogau Gold Ltd. East Caradon ..... 1.14.6 273 281 East Cann Brea... 3.4.0 7 73 E. Vir'l Russel (Tavistk ) 8.13.1 43 5 I:lam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen , 581 7 9 (3 reat South' o .„I , us l7s 25 21 G. Wheal Vor (Idelston 40 28 no Grenville 0.16.e 61 73 ... 8.12 38 40 11 ingston Downs 4.18.0 31 41 Lady Bertha llargaret (Uny Lelaut 91 8 10 )larke Valley.. 4 Nlyndy Iron Oro (Lim ' 24 11 3 d New Setun l9l 75 85 —• North Downs 2l 13 2 N.Wit'l Basset (Illo4an, , 3.1.0 15 11 l!Certh Wheal Crotty 1 2.6.9 32 43 I rar Consols (St. Blaze): 20 ' l'roviclence(Uny Lelnt.; 10.0.7 39 41 South Caradon(St.Cleer II 455 175 S. Cam Brea (Illogan).. - IS.Wheal Fran. (Mogan: 18.18.9 45 60 Stray Park 30.17.0 28 30 - ramar Silv.& Lead Min - fin Crott 9 )7 18 - IWest Basset (Illogan)„ ll 9 10 1 W Cr radon. (Llskea.rd) 5 15 17 - West Seton Ilvheal Basset (Mogan; 51 873 821 - j Wheal Buller(ltedruth) 10 27 29 Wheal Kit t y (U.l.elaut)' 2.0.8 - WhealLudcott i Wheal 111aryAnu (Idea.) 8 13 15 Wheal Deton 583 225 230 ! Wheal Trelawney (Lis ) 7 19 21 I Wheal Union 3.17 11 2 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties. Ext. No. 2,100 i Great Northern, 5 per cent.. 113 Great N orthern, 5 per cent., red. at 5 per cent. pm., 106} Ditto, 41 per cent., redeemable at 10 per cent.. 104 5 31 Ditto, 5 per cent. red, at 10 per cent. pm., lit Great Western Orig. 4} per cent pt., 117 North Eastern, York, H. and Selby purchase, 10 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London and Chatham, 4i per Cent., Ditto, Corn. Fund stock, 5 per cent., N FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp and Rotterdam, 91 I Belgian Eastern Junction, lf Dutch Ithtnish, 19i FOREIGN MUIR% St. John del Rey (lira.), 31 306 BANKS. 152 i 2 3 il k r, , .: li r t a an a ce nd ( ll ll l m is .) t , e 6 r 9 mii B n t ' h a lln.) . Anglo Austrian, 76 Australasia, 726 Bank of Egypt, 311 4 4 , :Pi Bank of otago,,lim., 3 t 13,nk of Wales, British and Californian, Rm., 61 t City, 146 76 Consolidated Bank, lira., 126: Continental, Urn., 18 European Bank, Urn., 151 liindustan, (Anna, and Japan (Urn.), Ditto, new, 234 a Imperial Bank (11m.), 39 Inmer:al Bank of India, Mina, and Japan, Urn., 5; 6 Imperial Ottoman, 186 Land Mortgage Bank of India, Um" 6 London B ink of Mexico and S. America, London Chartered Bank of Australia, 24k London and Colonial (lita.), 236 London Joint stock, 49} London and %% estminster, 1006 Merchant Bank, tim., 241 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lira., 291 Provincial of Ireland, 91 Union of Ireland, Urn., 231 1 Union of London, 15 MISCELLANEOUS. Commercial Union, Insurance, St Berlin Water Works, lim., 9 1 British Indian Tea, Hal Ba. City Offices, lim., 4 4 Consolidated Discount, 11m., 91 Credit Fonder of Mauritius, lim., 44 Credit Nubia , r, 101 Disedunt Corporation,'igi East Indian Financial, Egyptian Corn. and Trading, u m ., 44 Financial Corporation. 14 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, um., 74 I Ditto, new:Jl4 Home and C %lonial A ssurance. lim 6i Imperial andilftlercantile Credit A sso g L Internat i ona l Financial Society, um., 101 Joint Stock Discount. lirn.. 74 Land Securities, lain., 44 London Financial Association, Bra., 23i National DiFeollat Company, lim., 15 Ottoman Financial A ssociation, f 72 Smith, Knight, an CO., rim , 4k TEE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 19►, IBM LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) COURT or DIVORCE. (Before Sir J. P. Wilde, Judge Ordinary.) CLOWES V. CLOWES AND MORRIS-JUDGMENT. Sir J. P. Wilde delivered judgment in this case. Ile said the question which the Court had to consider was, whether a delay in instituting the suit disentitled the hus band, who was the petitioner, to a divorce according to the 31st section of tho Divorce Act, which vested a discretion in the Court in withholding the relief prayed for, if it thought fit, on the ground of delay. In this case, the husband had obtained a decree a mensa et there, which showed that he was not indifferent or insensible to his wife's misconduct, and therefore he considered that he was entitled to his decree nisi, which he accordingly pronounced. There were no costs asked for. COURT op BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) IN RE TAOS. LLOYD. This bankrupt was formerly a captain in the army, and now came up to apply for release from custody on pro ducing bail—two sureties in £lOO each. Mr Sargood opposed. Ho said that as the case properly belonged to Mr Commissioner Holroyd (new absent on his vacation), it would be necessary to give an outline of the facts. The bankrupt first came before the court in July, 1832, in forma pauperis, and got his release from custody, and the examination meeting was appointed for Septem. ber, 1862, but the bankrupt had filed no accounts but ob tained a further adjournment till January, 1863, when he was adj ,urned sine die. In June 1863 he filed his accounts, but there were no assets, and the bankrupt did not apply to be heard, although he had no protection. He was after wards sued by the detaining creditor, who obtained judg ment and execution against him, but they did not succeed in arresting him until May of the present year, when he applied for his release, to Mr. Commissioner Holroyd for a second time, but his Honour refused to grant the applica tion except in' the ordinary course of bankruptcy, and he was subsequently ordered to file a cash and deficiency ac count, and his release was granted on his giving bail as above. On the bail being called for they did not answer, and the bankrupt said that he did not know who they were—a friend had got them—but his solicitor Mr Durrand did. Mr Durrand said he did nor, but he took his instructions from ➢lr Abbey, an accountant. Mr Sargood said that in the case of one of the bail the creditors had found that thero was no such person as de scribed ; it was a great injustice to creditors to be harassed by these applications, and asked for costs. His Honour doubted his power to award costs in a forma pauperiy ctse, but he would remand the bankrupt, and would not hear any further application unless the costs had been pro viously made. Naval and Military Intelligence Field. Marshal the Duke oi Cambridge, attended by Col. Clifton, aide-de-camp, and accompanied by Sir J. Y. Scar lett, K.C.8., Adjutant-General, and Col, the Hon. Percy Herbert, Deputy Quartemanor-General, visited Alder shott camp on Friday, and atepected the division on the common in rear of the Royal Pavilion. On the conclusion of the marching past, which was peatornit: d with admirable precision, the troops were distributed w!th t." view to check the advance of an enemy from the direction 0: Farnham, over tho bold eminence known as Hungry-lasll, Several reconnoisances were made, end the enemy was fon: id in strong force. The cavalry ten returned, and the Neb. vY Brigade, under command of Col. Griffiths, comprising the 23 Life Guards, the 6th Dragoon Guards, and the Scots Greys, with the Royal Herm Artillery, formed on the right of the infantry, while the Light Brigade formed on the left. In the meantime the infantry was formed into two lines, with a battery of Royal :Arellery on the flanks of each bri gade. The 2d battalion 60th Rifles formed the advance line, extending in skirmishing order, Gen. Russell's bri gade, the second, and General Bates's the third. As a sig nal to commence the fight a gun was fired from a hill to the south, and in quick response the Rifles threw in a well sustained fire, aired by the Royal Artillery. While the disposition of the force was being completed, the infantry lay down until the enemy chewed himself more conspicu ously, when the Rifles ceased their fire, the skirmishers fell back in good order, and General Russell's brigade came into action, pouring in a rattling fusillade, aided by a tre• mendous and continuous fire from the artillery. This overwhelming attack had the effect of checking the ad vance of the enemy, and a change in the position of the cavalry and infantry was made under cover of the con tinuous fire, and the Rifles again extended and advanced to splendid position of Caesar' s camp, on th e left, had weak ened rhona his right, and iemy apparently anxious to secure the chewed the main body of his troops against this strong eminence and the centre of our line, The Duke perceived the error of his antagonist, and rapidly prepared to take advantage of it. The Heavy Ca valry Brigade wheeled round to the left rear of the infantry and took ground to the eastward with the Light Brigade. Gen. Russell's brigade retired and took ground to the left by open column of companies. These movements brought the whole strength of our trmy to bear on the right flank of the enemy, whiley , Gen.he cavalryt harassed him by some brilliant hg a brigade and the battery of artil leryea rtles, attached to it directed a sharp attack upon his right. Gen. Russell's brigade formed on the right of Gen. Bates's, and a greatly extended front exhibited itself to the half-dis comfited enemy. The firing was simultaneously renewed along the whole line, and soon the confusion of the enemy became a complete rout, and his broken columns retired in disorder from the field. The infantry regiments were then ordered to return to their quarters, which they reeched about 12 o'clock, together with the Royal Artillery. The cavalry and Royal Horse Artillery, after advancing on to Hungry and Bcicksbury Hills, were ordered to return to the plains by separate routes. Descending the hills from various pints, the whole deployed into a line, a cloud of skirmishers covering what was intended to exemplify a slow retreat. In this order the cavalry and artillery returned to quarters, which they reached about 2 o'clock, thus terminating the proceedings of a day more than usually brilliant and inte resting. After the field day the Duke of Cambridge visited the Soldiers' Industrial Exhibition, accompanied by Lieut,- Gen. Sir J. Pennefather, Sir J . , Y. Scarlett, and the mem bers of their respective Staffs. The ships composing the Channel Fleet, under the com mand of Rear-Admiral Sidney C. Dacres, C. 8., consisting Spithead for thei r c oa sting cruise of the Edgar, Warrior , B lack Prince, D e f ence , and Trin out under steam by the eastern c a u t 11! p g . u ni n . b7 e s t e s r a d i e y d , fromgoing channel. A trial of armour plates took place at Portsmouth yester day, under the superintendence of Capt. A, C. Key, C. 8., of her Majesty's ship Excellent. A plate manufactured from steel by Mr G. Wilson, of Sheffield, of the now minimum plate thickness of C o lin was tested. Two ordinary wrought iron plates were also tried, one being of Gin thickness, from the Millwall Iron Works and Shipbuilding Company, and the other being a thin end plate for the Pallas of 4iin, from Messrs Beale, of the Parkgate Works, Sheffield. In all previous trials of steel armour-plates at Portsmouth, they have hem iably, from their hard brittle nature and want of fibre, cracked through in all directions under the blow of the 68-pounder cast-iron shot, and this was especially the case with some plates that were specially made from steel at the Elawick Works and cooled in oil under the superin tendence of Sir W. Armstrong. In the trial of the steel plate at Portsmouth yesterday, it was found to be soft, fibrous, and without any exhibition of cracks beyond the circumference of the indents made by the shot except in one instance, and then only to the extent of four . inches. There was also but a very trifling opening of the lamination at the edges of the plate, and one shot that struck the plate on its lower edge spread the metal out considerably without crack ing. The specific gravity of the plate was stated to be 7 . 685, and its cost from £lO to £l5 per ton in excess of the price now being paid by the Admiralty for wrought iron plates. The diameter of the indents produced on it by single shot was Pin, and the depths of the indents from 2in to 2 8-10 the. One shot overlapping a former indent sin produced or rather increased the former indentation tc 4in. In another case the shot overlapped 3in, and increased the indentation also to 4in. In a third instance of overlapping it reached 6in, and here it increased the depth of the indent to Bin. The plate received 11 shots altogether. The lliiilarail 6in wrought iron plate was one of very excellent quality, both in material and manufacture, and was quite equal in any respect to any plate that has been yet turned out of hand by that firm. It received 12 shots in a comparatively small space in its centre, several of them overlapping each other without any materialdamage. The thin 41in plate of Messrs Beale did not, as a matter of course, owing to its 25 par cent• less thickness of metal, come out of its trial quite E 0 Victoriously as the Millevell plate, but it was struck in two places by three shots over lapping each other. Altho ug L it was necessarily in those two places brcken throu g h, th e s h o t w ere destroyed in the operation, and the plate w as s h own to have qualities which p, would have rendered the s hi p prac ti c ally invuizerable. The firing took plac e i n t h e usua l manner from 93 cwt 8 inch smoothbore gun, w i t h a 1 61 b c harge of powder, and a 681 b cast iron shot, at 200 yard s distance. The Himalaya, scr ew t roopshi Capt. E. L ac y , arrived at Portsmouth yesterday a f ternoon f ro m Quebec, whence she sailed on the 16th i ns t ., with t h e f o llowing troops and invalids on board :-621 R egiment —Lieut.-got. W. L. Ingall, C. 8., Major M . R ynd, Capta. S. G. Carter, C. N. S. L. Gwynne, J. Sand erson, G, Hay, W . B. Davenport, R. S. Machell, W. M. Tharpgent, Lieui.s. L. G. Dundas, W. L. R. Scott, M. H a ll, J, M. Theobald, C. W. Brown, A, Lake; Ensigns G. S. Fraser, R. N. Gream , J. Beno.hey, It . Rogers, M. R. S. Laws, F. H. Forsy th ; Pa y master W. Dring, Lieutenant and Adjutant A. If, Reade, Quartermaster L. Gamble, Surgeon Major 3, hewing -668 non-commissioned officers and men, 71 women, 108 children. Ist battalion 17th Regiment—Lieutenant Raven hill and H. Kerr—Staff Surg. -Major Barton , in medical charge of troops—Capt. A. J. S. Griffiths, 65th Regiment— Lieut. G. V. Boyle and Ensign W. H. Larkin, 47th Regi ment—Capts. Birch and E ns. Boyle, 30 t h Regt., on leave. M Regiment. Commissariat Depart ment—E. Esteridge and B oyle- 120 m en (invalids), 15 wom en, and 14 childre n , from various reg i men ts. The dis embarkation will tak e Place alongside Portsmou th dock yard to-day, and the 62d regiment will be forwarded on to Alder shott by special train on the South-Western Railway, and the remainder of the troops seat to their respective destina tions. The Himalaya left Portsmouth on the 12th of May last with naval supernumeraries for the Mee'.it Melte, after retu rni ng to that port from Corfu, sled took on board, on the B th of Jet, e - the Ist battalion 25th foot , for con veyance to Quebec, where errattean. At she arrived on the 28th e: June. She di iembarked them on the following day, Tho screw steam sloop c ordelia, 11, Commander John B. Scott, which left Plymouth on Friday, returned to the Sound yesterday, Monday afternoon, after an unsuccessful effort to fall in with the ho meward-bound transport Copen hagen. Commander Scott received unexpected orders to prepare immediately for foreig n service. He will probably go to the West Indies. The Paddlewheel steam sloop Bull dog, 6, Captain Charles Wake, which returned from Ma deira to Plymouth, on Sa turday, is also receiving stores and provisions for foreign servi ce. The non.comrc,issioned e flic ers and men of the Royal En gineers e m p lo y ed in making the necessary excavations for the demolition of the large elifl which is to be destroyed at Cuxton, near Rochester, have made considerable progress in the work, and the first Portion of the undertaking, the sinking of the shafts, is now nearly completed. Each of the three main shafts excavated into the cliff will be sunk to a depth of about 60ft, and from the base of each will be driven the galleries to receive the charges of powder. About 2,0001 b weight of gunpowder, divided into numerous charges, will bensed in the destruction of the cliff. It is probable that some time will elapse before the whole of the arrangements are completed. The officers and men of the Royal Engineers employed be the work are encamped in field-tents on a space of ground near the operations. The recent large number of desertions from the Royal Engineers has directed the attention of the autho rities at the Horse Guards to what is becoming a serious evil, the corps having hitherto borne the distinction of h av i ng a less percentage of desertian, than any other in the service, In order to discover the cause of the evil, as well as to adopt measures for arrestin g it, a committee of Royal Engineer officers has been sittin g at the Horse Guards, by order of the Duke of Cambridge. It is probable that their deliberations will result in an almost complete reorganiza tion of the corps, so far as relate s to the duties, drill, and discipline of recruits who first join the Royal Engineers, as it is from this class almost exclusively that desertions have recently taken place in such unusually large numbers. Among o ther recomiresidations b y t h e committee, it is be lieved, there is one u nfavo urable to the plan hitherto adopted of sending the whole of the Royal Engineer recruits to head- quarters, Chatham, immediately on joining the ser vice, where, instead of following their trade or profession, as they were led to expect, on their enlistment, they are at once placed on the fald-works, and employed in exca vating earthworks and in other laborious duties of that kind. Instead of this arrangement it is recommended that recruits should be received at Woolwich, or some other station, where, after spending about 12 months in learning their . dzill, they might be draughted to Chatham to un- dergo their course of course of instruction in sapping, mining, pontooning, and the other departments of military engineering. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Charles E, Burlton and Lieut. Patrick J. Murray to the Marlborough ; Lieut. Thomas H. Larcom and Lieut. Charles S. Harford to the Duncan; William Fenton (a), assist.-engineer, to the Frederick William ; George Whitting, assist.-engineer, to the Edgar, for the Trinculo ; and John It. Bateman, nominated to a naval cadetship. IN RE IV:ULAN% This was a judgment summons. The opposing creditor was a solicitor, who sued for costs and got £2O. The costs were incurred in obtaining a free pardon for the bankrupt after conviction, but between the time ho NM committed and the time he was convicted he had assigned all his pro perty. His, Honour made an order for the payment of 108 a week. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THE UNFORTUNATE AND HER OPPRESSOR. -- John Calagher, a young man, was charged with violently as saulting a young woman, an unfortunate, named Selina Baker. The prosecutrix, who lived with the prisoner at No, 3, Porter-street, said—l have kept the prisoner for three years by my prostitution, and because I did not give him money enough yesterday he brutally treated me. I had got nearly £5 last week for him. He said—" You if you do not ea me the money I want take that," and gave me a violent kick in the face, disfiguring it as you see and injuring my sight. I was smothered with blood. [The prosecutor's face was badly contused.] I afterwards went into the Haymarket, when he again assaulted me. My body is covered with bruises. Margaret Mack, a delicate-looking child, whose voice could scarcely be heard, said—l live in the same house and saw the prisoner kick and strike the prosecutrix while she was sitting on the bed. Prosecutrix—The police know that I walk the Haymarket to keep the prisoner. A constable proved taking the prisoner into custody, and said the prosecutrix was then sober. The prisoner—l am sorry I have wasted all my better feelings on such a woman. She has only kept me when I have been out of work. Mr Tyrwhitt—You are a base ungrateful wretch. You talk of your " better feelings," and yet kick the prosecutrix about till she presents the appearance she now does. I shall commit you f '~r three months with hard labour. THAMES. BLOCK IN A NARROW LANE.—Edgar Button of No. Brook-street, Rateliff, and in the service of Mr Edward Charles Hood, coal merchant of the same place, and John Bradford, of the Mile-end-road, appeared before Mr Paget to answer two summonses, which charged the first with having a certain van with three horses, and the other with having a certain van with one horse, to stand longer than was necessary for loading and unloading in a certain tho roughfare called Bancroft-place, M i lle end-road, on the 4th of the present month. Inspector Hayes, of the R. division of police, said he preferred this complaint because a public thoroughfare had been obstructed for one hour by the perverse conduct of the two complainants. They met in the lane with their teams proceeding in opposite directions. The place was too nar row for one to pass the other. Neither would turn back, and remained in the lane wrangling, until a police con stable backed Mr Hood's team and allowed the other to pass. Bradford said he was 54 yards up the lane, Button was only 19, and he was confirmed in this by Edward Pundle, ex-beadle of the hamlet of Rateliff, who said Mr Hood's man was decidedly in fault, because if he had backed he would have done so down hill. Bradford must have backed up hill. Mr Paget thought Button ought to have backed and let the other forward. It was easier to back down hill than to back up hill. Button—l had three horses to bank and Bradford only one. It was easier to back one horse than three. Mr Paget—l don't know that; he was further down the lane than you, _ Button—Well, sir, I think both of us were in fault. Mr Charles Young, solicitor, said this case reminded him of an anecdote he had read in a work published a century ago. Two persons, each driving a horse and chaise, met in a narrow lane. One, a Quaker, politely asked the other, a London swell, to turn back, and let him proceed. " I will see your neck stretched before I will do anything of the kind," said the swell. "Then, I cannot stay hero, friend," said the Quaker. The swell took a newspaper. and be gan to read it. The Quaker fit his pipe, began smoking, and said, "Friend, when thou hest done with that paper, I will thank thee to let me peruse it." The swell was defeated by 1 1 his adversary's coolness, uttered a few oaths, backed to the end ol the lane, and allowed the Quaker to proceed, Mr Paget said the defendants wero a pair of obstinate . . fellows, each endeavouring to wear out the other's patience, and blocking up a public thoroughfare for an hour. Button was the most to blame, and he fined him 2s fid and 2s costs, and Bradford Gd only, and 2s costa, WESTMINSTER. A TEOROUGH Grearson, a fellow of forbidding appearance and muscular proportions, was charged under the following circumstances : Mary Anne Grearson, a woman between 60 and 70 3 , ears old, said—The defendant, I am very sorry to tell your worship, is my eldest son, He does not live with me. 1 occupy a house in Camera-street, which I have had for 13 years, and he comes there and threatens and annoys me, and ill treats are. Mr Selfo—What is his reason ? The Mother—He comes for money, and if I wont supply him he ill-uses me. Mr Selfe—What are your moans of subsistence ? The Mother—l keep a little shop, and get my living by needlework. When my eon came home last night he asked for a jug, and said he wanted beer. I told him I could not give it - him, but he insisted on haVing a jug, and then coming toward me struck me a violent blow in the month, which loosened my teeth and cut my lips. I bled very much. The neighbours interfered for me and took him into custody, and he now threatens to murder me directly I come in his way. Mr Selfc—litis he often ill treated you ? The Mother—Often ; and he also ill treated his poor, in firm father shortly before his death, and has been sent to prison for twelve months for his volenee to me. Ho has been going on in this way for years, and comes to me for beer or money, poor as I am, every three weeks. A young woman who was present confirmed the poor woman's acoount of the assault. She declared it was per fectly unprovoked and brutal. Alfred Bandall, 338 B, said that when he took the de fendant he threatened him in the most violent way, used tearful and horrible language to his mother, and made two dangerous kicks at witness, with a view of doing him a very serious mischief. Mr Selfo—Did he use any threats at the time he kicked you ? Witness—A sneering threat. Defendant—l only pushed my mothcr. I didn't hit her, She'd say anything, I did not attempt to kick the eon. stable. Mr SeHe—You are a perfect ruffian, regardless in your ruffianism of tho very mother who bore you, and I will see if I cannot prevent you for some time. You are committed for six months, and must find bail for six months' more, and be thankful I cannot order you to he whipped. TuF, LATE ACCIDENT AT HAMPTON RACES.-- Mr arles 1). APKenna, who, it will be remembered, sus tained eome severe injuri es b y a f a ll f rom a h orse a t th e above races, is now witch better. The Balloon Riot at Leicester, Yesterday, at the Town Hall, Leicester, before he Mayor, Geo. Mines, Esq , J. Harrison, Esq., se a E. S. Ellis, E q., Mr C. J. Carttar, solicitor, Gr „„ m „lch, appeared before the bench to take legal against certain persons concerned in proceediugt: the destruch,ln of Mr Coxwell's new balloon Britannia at t,:le Foresters' fete on the Leicester racecourse on M0n... 1 V last. Mr Carttar, in a leh:Tthy address, stated the case to the magistrates, and p?oposed to indict those who had committed the wilful ahmage to appear at the next Leicester sessions in answer to the charge. The Town Clerk suggested that it would be better to prefer the charge under the Criminal Law Con. solidation Act, 24 and 25 Vic., chap. 97, sec. 51, for malicious injury, and the indictment was so taken accordingly. Mr Ellis, one of the magistrates, told Mr Coxwell that he was within 50 yards of the balloon, and he did not notice the slightest obstacle to the ascent. If there had been any, and Mr Coxwell had spoken about it, he was sure that there were thousands of persons who would have helped him out of his difficulty. Mr Coxwell explained the circumstances which led him to open the valve, after which Mr Ellis said he thought Mr Coxwell exercised a very wise discretion in not attempting to ascend. If they got a certain number of persons together, and a certain number of beer barrels, they must expect to have a certain amount of force. It was an unfortunate circumstance for the credit of the town. The Mayor said he noticed that the balloon collapsed, but he did not notice any riot or any approach to one. He came off the ground without seeing any disturbance. Mr Coxwell was then sworn. He said—l am a surgeon and dentist, and reside at Tottenham, in the county of Middlesex. I was on the Leicester racecourse on Monday last, the 11th inst. I had with me my largest balloon, the "Britannia,' and appurtenances connected with it, including scientific instruments and apparatus for meteorological obser vations. The balloon was constructed especially for the observations of the British Association and making high ascents. That balloon, when properly inflated, was capable of taking up 25 people, not for high ascents. The mention of 25 people in the bill is always supposed to allude to the number that it will take up for practical escents to have a bird's eye view of the ground. I had with me a valuable barometer presented to me by Mr Glaisher ; the intrinsic value of it was ten guineas. The value of the balloon and apparatus was £7OO, The whole of it, even the grappling-irons and valves, are lost. It was not made of silk. The cost of a silk balloon, which I contemplate making, would be £2,000. It was made of an American mixture—sponge silk— a vegetable matter which would cause it to resem ble cotton. There were, I should say, about .4,000 people surrounding the balloon—about 50,000 on the ground. I tried for two hours to get an open space from which to ascend. Some clung to the netting, and broke. Possibly it was not done intentionally, but with a desire to assist in getting it off. I may explain, that with a single piece of cordage being broken, more stress was laid on the other part, and rendered it unsafe to go up. Several persons in the ear were very violent, and feeling that if I went up great damage would be done to the community, I fell; it ncessary to empty the balloon, as the only remedy for the protection of the bystanders. With the pressure it was impossible to ascend. I therefore adopted the only alternative of lotting off the gas. I should have ascended by myself, unsafe as it was. Im mediately I let off the gas the crowd commenced to rip up the balloon, and to cut the netting, and to threaten me personally. Violent hands were laid upon me, and I received sundry blows. A bottle was thrown at the balloon, and it was subsequently picked up by my man. Whether that was thrown before or after I let off the gas I cannot say. In spector Haynes and Sergeant Chapman took me by the arm and led me off the course. I considered my life was in danger. I have not the least por tion of my balloon. I subsequently learned that my balloon was destroyed, burned, and paraded about the streets. The car, liberating iron, and barometer were destroyed. I am unable at the present time to give the names of those who tock part in damaging the balloon. I know the name of o ne person, William Pegg, who used most disgust ing i lelnguage, and incited the crowd to act as it did. Mr c e ecwell was then bound over in the sum of £lOO to probe scute at the quarter sessions. Mr Carttar se:shed to correct a statement afloat that Mr Coxwell had received money for the ascent, He had not received one' penny of the £5O. A man who was taken by the crowd for Mr Cox well was ferociously mobbed, and had he coat ripped up the back as well. The defendant in t:lis case has, how. ever, been convicted, and sent to gaol for a month. Neglect of a Family in St, Luke's, Yesterday Mr John Humphreys, Middlesex MO ner, resuincd at the Green Gate Tavern, Cityaroadf the aajoarm.4 inquiry respecting the death from starvation and r;olect, at the hands of the mother, of Sarah Blake, aged two years, and the second inquest was opened on view of the body of Blake, aged two months, wt.? died from the same cause. It appeared that the mothe r of the deceased chil ben was a married woman, living apaat from her husband, who cohabits with another women. She was an artificial florist, and she cohabited with a person of the same trade, named Beamen. Her six children were left by her in a room, first in Bishop's court, Clerken well, and then in Pearrstreet, St Luke's, without furniture or bedding, and almost w i t hout food. They were found by the parish au thorities dying from starvation and neglect, and the •"4 Sarah died alm ost immediatel y . I -on said that the infant deceased was the Mr A-"-- - crs Blake, af . and was unnamed. It was daughter of Da.. • , u tuefather being a potman an illegitimate en , .-- named Wright. at . t he workhouse of Si'. nurse Honors Lyons , admitted on the alb s undercloth- Luke's, said that the infant WA: washing. 2§th of June, ill and exhausted. ing was pasted to the skin for want or Everything was done to tzave its life, but it hb., 4 not a thane© of surviving, and it died on the 12 th inst. Mary Ann Blake, a little girl ten years cld s ad to , said that she used to get enough to eat. She u get bread and butter, and sometimes a little sausage or bacon; but the two little children that were dead could not eat the bread and water. Until Sarah got the smallpox she could eat the dry bread. They slept on the boards. Dr. E. C. Harris, surgeon to the workhouse, said that he attended the deceased infant child on ad. mission. It was very thin, and its eyes were sunk. It was weak and ill. Witness did all he could to save its life, but it died on the 12th of July. The body was very destitute of fat—a circumstance quite unusual in a child of that age. All the organs were tolerably healthy. The mother's neglect was the cause of the loss of the child's life. There was no disease to cause death if the child had been carefully tended and fed. Being allowed to lie on the boards of the room was destruction to it. Mrs. Wagstaffe, 4, Bishop's-court, said the chil dren lived for three weeks in a room at that house. They were shockingly neglected and starved, the mother leaving them for three or four days together. The girl Sarah was quite wolfish with hunger. The infant was quite as badly neglected. It was stated that Beaman, the man with whom the mother of the children cohabited, and whom she assioted in his business, made £3 or £4 a-week,and she had the management of the money for housee , keeping purposes. The bread which she gave to her children—four loaves every Wednesday, was fur nished by the parish to her. Her husband was in prison. The Coroner summed up at length, and The Jary after a brief deliberation returned a verdict of manslaughter against Mary Ann Blake for feloniously killing and slaying Sarah Ann Blake and another daughter unnamed. The Coroner then issued his warrant for the de tention of the mother in Newgate un s til her trial a t the Central Criminal Court, 481 7i 111 1051 46i 5% 116! 17 16} 8 65k 113: i 138 7g losi C 5 4i 93: I Bnaineos don( GERMANY AND DENMARK. (From the times Correspondent) VIENNA, July 16. The news which I yesterday forwarded to you by electric telegraph is thus confirmed by the WieNer Zeitung of this date VIENNA, 15th July, Evening.—The Danish Government being desirous to have a truce, and tc enter into negotiations for peace, made a direct proposition to the Courts of Vienna and Berlin to suspend hostilities by land and by sea. The pro posal of thiPanishGovernment has been accepted by Austria and Prussia, and hostilities by land and sea, with abolition of the blockade, will be suspended until the 31st of the present month. The Copen hagen Government has been rcquested imme diately to send a Plenipotentiary to Vienna, to scttlo with the Imperial Royal Austrian and Royal Piu-Eian Governments the basis of the future negotiations fur peftce." A special messenger is now on his way from Copenhagen to this city, and I am given to under stand that he is the bearer of the Thnith proposi tions for peace. Early in the morning of the 13th inst. Baron Bredon, who is said to be ono of the King of Denmark's chamberlains, arrived at Carts* bad, and in the course of the forenoon he had two interviews with the Prussian Premier. In the after noon M. von Bismark and Baron Bredon had a long audience of the King, and as soon as it was at an end the Austrian Government was informed that the Danish Cabinet had asked for a suspension of hostilities. It is here generally believed that Den mark is thoroughly humbled; but her self-suffi ciency and pride must be as great now as they were at the outbreak of the war, for she has not yet relinquished the idea of a personal union between herself and the Duchies. This Government ardently wishes for peace, but I doubt whether it will be satisfied with anything short of the cession of the whole of the Duchy of Schleswig. To all outward appearance there is now a perfect understanding between Austria and Prussia, but I have had occasion to remark that some of the most influential persons in this city are ill content with the more recent policy of Count Rechberg. In political circles the alliance between the rival Powers is pronounced to be unnatural, and it is confidently predicted that it will not be of long duration. A few days ago some of the members of the Diplo matic Corps chanced to meet in the ante•room of one of the members of the Cabinet, and there one of them, who is renowned for the pungency of his wit, observed that no good could possibly come of the union between the great German Powers. " The tug-steamer Prussia," said he, "gives the tow•ship Austria such violent jerks that the cranky old vessel is in danger of going to pieces." It is said that King Christian of Denmark has addressed auto graph letters to the Emperor of Austria and to the King of Prussia; and it is• probable that such really is the case, as a person attached to this Court yes terday expressed his surprise that the bearer " of such an important document" should tarry so long on the way. Although so much has been said and written on the subject, it is not positively known whether Prince John of Glncksburg has been in Berlin and Carlsbad, but certain it is that he has passed through Brussels. While there he had an interview with the King of the Belgains, and it must be supposed that he claimed his Majesty's good offices, for shortly afterwards a special mes senger was sent off to Carlsbad. It is not in my power to guarantee the correctness of the informal tion contained in the foregoing sentence, but it is likely to be correct, as it was acquired at a very good source. The proposed harsh treatment of the Swedes who were captured at Alsen led to a very warm correspondence between the Berlin and Vienna Governments. Prince Frederic Charles of Prussia would fain have had the Swedish officers tried by court-martial, although he was aware that they were enrolled in the Danish army ; but Count Rechberg formally protested against such an illegal proceeding. From time immemorial foreigners have served in the Imperial army, and they have always been treated like native Austrians when they have chance to be taken prisoners. The Prussian Army List will assuredly show that very many persons who are not subjects of King William I. are now doing military service under his colours. There is a great coolness between Austria and the Secondary German Powers, and the Vaterland, which is to Austria what the Krautz Zeitung is to Prussia, takes care that the fact shall be known to the world at large. The Vaterland professes to be a highly Conservative paper, but during the last few days it has repeatedly hinted that there will be no peace in Germany until Austria and Prussia have come to an understanding in respect to its division into two parts. On Thurs. day next the German Diet will request the Duke of Augustenburg and the Grand Duke of Oldenburg to lay on the table of the House the documents on which their respective claims to the Duchies are based:. As a matter of course, there will be a long and wearisome debate on the question at issue, and the chances are that it will not be broughtlto a close until peace has been concluded between Den. mark and the great German Powers. DIARKETS—This Day HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—OId meadow hay, £2 10s to £4 10s Od; new do., £2 to £4 ; old clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od; and straw, £1 48 to lOs por load. Trade steady. CUMBERLAND.—OId meadow hay, £2 10s to £4 10s ; now do., £2 to Li ; old clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 4s to Ll lOs per load. A fair demand. WHITECIIAPEL —Old meadow hay, £2 108 to £4 10s; new do., £2 to £4; old clover, £4 Os to £5 10s Od; and straw, £1 4s to £1 lOs per load. Supply hmited. COLONIAL. TEA„..—A moderato business has been done at steady rates; prices, however, have shown no material change. SUGAR.—The market has been dull, and prices generally have exhibited a downward movement for West India. In the refined market there is little change of importance to report. COFFEE. --Tho demand for colonial descriptions has been steady, and quotations have in most instances been steadily supported. lticE.—A limited amount of business has been done without any change to record in values. TALLOW.--The market has been rather more animated, although quotations showed little variation. • P.Y.C. on the spot is marked 498 9d to 41s, and last three months 43s ad per cwt. COAL M. TrUm of Coal per Ton al .11tKET. t the 0109 C of the market. s. d. Hastings Hartley l7 3 Holywell 15 3 I:..q.nfield Moor Butes 13 6 15 3 Walla End. Haswell Hutton lB 9 Tunstall Hartlepool „18 6 ;t, 23 ; sold, 20. Ships at marke SIiIiTING-THIS DAY, LONDON, July 19.--NVIO this day at noon—South- Westerly; light breeze and Ino weather, but cloudy a CLYDE, July S.B.—Arrived—Fanny, from Havvannall--Abalom, from Trinidad. Sailed—Britnnia, for Quebec. PORTSMOUTH, vmy 18.—Wind S.—Arrived—Her Ma jesty's ship Himalaya, from Quebec. CARDIFF, July 18,--iyind N,W.—Sailed—Agnes C. James, for Bermuda. SWANSEA, July 18.—Wind caZtn.—Arri red—Lily, from Bilboa. NEWPORT, July 18.—Wind from Nantes. (BY MAGNETIC TELEORAPIL) GRAVESEND, Tuesday 3.lorning. Arrived, July 18—Darlington, from Dantsic—Wensborg, from Hudiskswall. Sailed, July IS—Sunbeam, for Que bec. DEAL, MOlldSy Morning. Passed William Cole, for Sydney fromMemPhis, for Qußbee—Dunorbin, fcr Launceston—att London— New Whim, and Esther, of Guernsey, from the north, for the west—Quick Star, of Sland, r Sland, for Madeira —Jane Roberts, of Prellhali, from t h e west, for the north from —SAmpson (screw ste amer), t he west, for Loudon At the half - ye arl Y meeting !ic ( i. f al Bank, held to-day, M r . Charles ___- 77 .-_-_-_-_-.---- the shareholders of the INletropolitau and Gilp i n , 1N1.P., in the chair, the report, pro i wh i c h was adop ted, recommended e. dividend at the rate of £6 per cent. per annum, and a bonus of 35. pe r share (b e ing equal to 7i per cent. per annum), and the payment of interest on the new shares also at the rate of 77 . , per cent. per annum—gli free of home -tax, SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,—This Day, NOTTINGHAM RACES—Tnis DAY. (Br ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH') TRIAL STAKES. f The Clown ... . 1 Kathaleen Mavourneen 1 2 Ilegina... . Won by a neck. STAND PLATE. C,-anbury D l wdio la,Terness .............. 3 Five ran. BRADGATE HANDICAP. Tyke Figaro 2 Z eloo Fluke . . NOTTINGHAM HANDICAP. Pearl Diver.... 1 Welcome Sir Roger Five ran. ,CMPERIAI PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF COMMONS—This Day, The SrEmun took the chair et 20 minutes past 12. THE PATENT LAWS Sir M. PETO asked the noble lord (Lord Stanley) w h en the report of the commissioners on patent laws would be prssentcd to the house. _ Lord STANLEY said the report had been finally settled, and h 3 had no doubt it would be made in a few days. SUPPLY. Mr MASSEY brought up the report of the committee of supply. On the vote of £2,000 on account of the Ashantee war being read, Sir H. 'WILLOUGHBY wished to know whether the vote of the local expenses of the Ashantee war was not for money which had been already expended. He should also like to know what the intentions of the Government were with respect to the future. He thought it was absolutely necessary that some check should be placed upon colonial governors in granting public money, and it would be important to know whether the vote now before the house would cover the whole of the Local Government expenses already in curred. Mr. F. PEEL said the vote properly belonged to the Colonial 'office, and in the absence of his hon. friend, the under secretary for that department, he could not give a positive answer on the subject. He believed that the vote was to cover expenses already occurred. Governors of colonies could not, except in important and exceptional cases, pay advances from the Treasury chest. The report was then agreed to. WAYS AND MEANS. Mr. MASSEY brought up the report, which was agreed to. ARMY AND NAVY EXPENDITURE. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY made several objections to the manner in which the army department was conducted in reference to our estimates. Mr CHILDERS entered into some detail in reference to the navy expenditure. The estimates had been increased by two causes; first, by the transport of troops to Canada; and, secondly, by the New Zealand war, Gen. PEEL thought the excess of the estimates was unavoid able. The report was agreed to. PUBLIC WORKS (MANUFACTURING DIS• TRICTS) ADVANCES BILL. The report of this bill was agreed to. IMPROVEMENT OF LAND ACT (1364) BILL. This bill passed through committee. CONTAGIOUS DISEASES BILL. On the order for going into committee on this bill, Mr AYRTON thought the bill should be sent to a select committee. It applied to Chatham, Portsmouth, Plymouth, Colchester, and other places, and if it referred to soldiers he should have no objection to it. The bill pro vided for informations without oath, and was of a very in quisitorial character. He thought that such a bill should not pass without further evidence and investigation. He could only characterise the bill as one for the propa gation of immorality and vice. He thought it disgraceful on the part of the authorities of the army and navy to be obliged to introduce this measure, which was, in effect, one to make the wants of the army superior to the law of the land. Sir M. PETO defended the bill, and said it was ono which would be attended with the best results, and for years he did not think that Parliament had entertained a subject to beneficial to the army and navy as the one now before them. The motion had been considered in the kindest and most careful manner, the great object being to reform and make useful those which were a pest to society. The houso then went into committee on the bill, and the various clauses, with some verbal amendments, were agreed to. The bill as amended was then reported to the house. [LEFT SITTING.] SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALLS'—LAsT EVENING. NOTTINGHAM HANDICAP. 7to 2 agst Sir Roger (offered—take 4 to 1) 7 to 2 agst Pearl Diver (offered) sto 1 agst Welcome (taken) 6to 1 agst Fisherman's Daughter (taken) 6to 1 agst Tartar (taken and offered) GOODWOOD STAKES. 2to 1 agst Thalestris (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Stanton (taken freely) 12 to 1 agst Canzonette (taken and offered) 100 to 8 agst Fisherman's Daughter (taken) 100 to 7 agst Gillaume le Taciturne (taken) 20 to 1 agst Tartar (taken) GOODWOOD CUP. sto 1 agst Dollar (taken) sto 1 agst Scottish Chief (offered) ST. LEGER. 5 to 2 agst Blair Athol (take 3to 1) 7 to 2 agst General Peel (offered) 9to 2 agst Scottish Chief (offered) 25 to 1 agst Cambuscan (taken) 33 to 1 agst Claremont (taken) THE DERBY. 750 to 100 agst Liddington (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Wild Charley (taken) 40 to 1 agst Ostregor (taken) 3500 to 100 agst Dilly Dailey (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Joker (taken) Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. .. July 19. via Marseilles .. Aug. 12, Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet Au g . 4. , Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena July ' 29. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southanipton.July 19. via Marseilles July '2B. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton .. July 19. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, vii‘ Southampton July 29. via Marseilles July 28. India (Bombay), via Southampton .. July 26. via Marseilles July 21. Portuga1.... Malta, _Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton July 1 9 . via Marseilles July 21 . Newfoundland .. July 20. Oporto and Vigo . .. U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... July 20. by U.S. packet.... July 22. • by Canadian packet All puts of West Indies, including Chili, Pa u, i July 29, Califoraia, and British Columbia. ..........• .i The Augsburg Gazette states that the new Ki n , of Bavaria (for the first time) received petition, for pardon from there pe rsons condemned to death. oity Bankbalf.y was held to-d a y—M r . Peter Bell i n r Their punishment has been commuted by him to imprisonment for life. g early meetin of share hold of seventeenth of thr per cent. peran num o n chair, m , she report, which was di adopted, e nables the rots to decla r e the usu a l di v idend of 6 upon the paid- up cap ital, and a bonus o f L 3 103 per share (together eq ual to 10 p er cent. for the half-year), tree of incom e tax; to place i 10,000 to the reserved fund (thereby increasing it to £140,000) ; and to oarry forward to tho new p rofit 17s 9d, THE DEAD PICKET.—On the field yesterday, on the left near Tilton, where our cavalry engaged the en emy , a beautiful garden, clothed in all the loveliness that rare plants and Southern flowers could give it , attracted my attention, and I was drawn to it. The house had been deserted by its ow ners, and then miling magnolias and roses seemed to stand guard e the deserted premisfs. I entered through an open gate, stooped to pluck a rose from a bush, when I discovered one of the enemy's pickets lying partially covered by th e grass and bushes—dead. lle was a noble -looking man, aid upon his countenance there seemed to rest hert emnant was of a smile. The right hand clas p ed a rose, whic he in the act of severing from its stem when he received the messenger of death. In the afternoon the cavalry dug a narrow grave, and, with Federal soldiers for pall-bearers, 1 he was laid to rest, the rose still clasped in his stiffened f hand. Nothing wee feum l to identify him,—..dnifrican pad Cr, 1031 f